The Fort Worth Trades Assembly, AFL, organized April 4, 1894, was a central organization of AFL affiliated local unions in Tarrant County. It merged with the Tarrant County Industrial Union Council-CIO on August 15, 1957, to form the Tarrant County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO.

Organization

The materials are arranged alphabetically by document subject type, and thereunder chronologically. At the end of the collection is a group of records of Tarrant County Labor's League for Political Education, followed by a group of miscellaneous record which are arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Organizations

Fort Worth Trades Assembly--Records and correspondence.

Tarrant County Labor’s League for Political Education--Records and correspondence.

For additional information on Tarrant County labor history, see the morning Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Oct. 30, 1949, pages 89-96 of the Commerce Section. Additional information can be found on pages 49 and 50.